Hi my friend!
When I read this thread earlier I thought it was the same v13 L32E you were trying to use Data Preserve Download Tool with in your other thread, and that you had attempted to flash it to get that feature working, but you've since replied in the other thread saying that my suggestion fixed that problem. So just to be clear, this is a different v13 L32E, i.e. you are working on more than one?
mjggjm12 said:
...I am not sure about the v20 support. My rslogix 5000 covers versions 11 through 20...
If you want to know what revisions of RSLogix 5000 you have installed then...
Look at the splash screen that appears when RSLogix 5000 starts up.
Or...
In RSLogix 5000, click on
Help > About RSLogix 5000, then click on the
More Info button to view the information listed in the
Installed Firmware Support category.
If you are correct, you should see v11 through v20.
mjggjm12 said:
...I flashed the controller because It had version 13 on it and I did not want to use it with a version that low. When I udated the firmware the only option it gave me to upgrade with was 20.
In ControlFLASH, when you get to the screen where you select the firmware revision you want to flash the controller to, it only displays the revision your controller is currently at and the latest available revision. So v13 and v20 would have displayed for you. They push you to the latest firmware revision by default so as to keep the controllers at the most current firmware revision available. If you check the
Show all revisions box, it will now list all available firmware revisions according to which RSLogix 5000 software version you have installed.
So, if after checking the
More Info section as per above to see what versions of RSLogix 5000 you have installed, and you were correct, you should now have v11 through v20 firmware revisions listed in ControlFLASH.
mjggjm12 said:
...Where does it store the data sheet?...
I take it the update appeared to go ok, you haven't mentioned any error messages during the flash? What are the Ethernet LEDs currently doing > MS & NS?
To view the log, open ControlFLASH, and on
the Welcome to ControlFLASH window click
View Log. This is a log of all activity for ControlFLASH since it was installed.
This is an excerpt from my log where I flashed a 1769-L32E from v17 to v20 back in 2012...
ControlFLASH Log said:
11/19/12 20:43:18 [SUCCESS] Load Driver: C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Rockwell\AB_ASA.DLL
11/19/12 20:43:18 [SUCCESS] Initialize Driver: C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Rockwell\AB_ASA.DLL
11/19/12 20:43:45 [SUCCESS] Device Identity: Path = RSLinx API!BarcodeReader 16 12 49 57 50 46 49 54 56 46 49 46 49 49 1 0, Instance = 1,
VID=0x0001, PT=0x000E, PC=0x004D, Maj Rev=17, Min Rev=04, SN=0x4040191F
11/19/12 20:46:22 [SUCCESS] Validate:
VID=0x0001, PT=0x000E, PC=0x004D, Maj Rev=17, Min Rev=04 < reads current revision
11/19/12 20:46:22 [SUCCESS] Authorization: Bypass cookie used.
Key: PN-133555 < checks PN of firmware required
11/19/12 20:47:14 [SUCCESS] Load Script: C:\Program Files (x86)\ControlFLASH\0001\000E\004D\PN-133555.nvs < loads firmware PN file
11/19/12 20:47:14 [SUCCESS] Program: Catalog Number = 1769-L32E/A LOGIX5332E, Serial Number = 4040191F, Num Updates = 3, Size = 6243840 byte(s). < PN for an L32E, 3 part update, and size in bytes
11/19/12 20:47:18 [SUCCESS] Update: Instance = 3, Size = 2836168 byte(s), Chunk Size = 256 byte(s), Major Rev = 17, Minor Rev = 4 < 1st part, still v17.04
11/19/12 20:50:07 [SUCCESS] Reset: < reboots
11/19/12 20:50:07 [SUCCESS] Update: Instance = 11, Size = 1834808 byte(s), Chunk Size = 256 byte(s), Major Rev = 0, Minor Rev = 0 < 2nd part, now v00.00
11/19/12 20:52:07 [SUCCESS] Reset: < reboots
11/19/12 20:52:08 [SUCCESS] Update: Instance = 65535, Size = 1572864 byte(s), Chunk Size = 256 byte(s), Major Rev = 0, Minor Rev = 0 < 3rd part, still v00.00
11/19/12 20:56:39 [SUCCESS] Reset: < reboots
11/19/12 20:56:42 [SUCCESS] Device Identity: Path = RSLinx API!BarcodeReader 16 12 49 57 50 46 49 54 56 46 49 46 49 49 1 0, Instance = 1,
VID=0x0001, PT=0x000E, PC=0x004D, Maj Rev=20, Min Rev=11, SN=0x4040191F
11/19/12 20:56:42 [SUCCESS] Validate:
VID=0x0001, PT=0x000E, PC=0x004D, Maj Rev=20, Min Rev=11 < complete, now v20.11
You should have the same, or very similar if it all went ok.
Next, can you ping the IP address? If so, open a web browser and browse to the IP address of the Ethernet port. It should open the homepage of the ports NetLinx module. Go to
Browse Chassis at the bottom. You should be able to see the controller at slot 0 -
1769-L32E/A LOGIX5332E Rev: v20.xxx.
If you can see it ok then the problem is with RSLinx or the EDS files. If you cannot see it then there is something wrong with the hardware. Again, the ControlFLASH log should indicate whether the flash was successful or not.
Last, but not least, the EDS files. I'm hoping that this is all that is wrong, but I laid out the above just in case, and it's useful for others.
Mike_RH said:
Try reinstalling the EDS files directly from the device in RSLinx.
I may be wrong but for a CompactLogix with a built in Ethernet port you will have to load two EDS files - one for the Ethernet port and one for the CPU.
Mike,
You are on the money, except there are actually three EDS files required -
Processor
Ethernet Port
Backplane
mjggjm12 said:
I installed the EDS file named EDS_Files_Since_RSLinx_3.60.00_As_of_June_19_2013, I assume this would have all necessary EDS files since rslinx 3.60 was initially released.
I don't know if that EDS package contains what you need or not, but here is the specific EDS package for the CompactLogix controllers up to v20...
26315 - EDS files for all CompactLogix to solves browse and expanding backplane issues
Access Level: Everyone
Fingers X'd!
Regards,
George